MORNING ROLL CALL!! NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2018 CLOSED

@catwoman500

Walmart pharmacy section - tip for canes, steel spike on order for $5 bucks.

The way I’m staggering at the moment decided to get new spike.

Figure the old spike was past prime, it fell off. Supposedly also available on-line. Not one size fits all, measure the bottom or take to pharmacy.

My old antler cane had dual-functions, both ends were pointy.

Great for rapid transit in Boston.

Subtle suggestion to MOVE, NOW!

Froze

Good evening to everyone out there on the Front Porch! It has been a very busy few days here with Mary having an early morning MRI on her head to be sure that her clipped brain aneurysms are stable. The preliminary report was that they are doing great and there are no new ones. Thursday we went in for the complete report and view the pictures from the MRI with her doctor. 

Today was another early morning with Mary going to a scrapbook club meeting about 75 miles from here. I drove her about half way to meet up with one of her girl friends so they went to the weekend meeting. I will pick her up Sunday afternoon. On the way home I checked out a couple of antique store with little luck. I did find a turkey napkin holder as a gift for our daughter and her husband who are hosting Thanksgiving dinner.

With Mary gone I treated myself to a traditional Wisconsin Fish fry and a couple of Wisconsin beer. 

Fish Fry Fridays, 1997-2010

Enlarge Timmer's — Exterior, 1998

Cedar Lake, Wisconsin. Widmer crew outside Timmer's on Big Cedar Lake in Washington County. View the original source document: WHI 80621

In Wisconsin, Friday fish fry dinners are a ubiquitous tradition. Aficionados are always looking for new venues. Why are Wisconsin fish fry events emblematic? Early German Catholic settlers in Wisconsin made use of the region's abundant supply of fish because they were prohibited from eating meat on Fridays. Over the decades, local cooks across the state experimented with making a simple menu uniquely their own.

Today a typical fish fry menu consists of beer-battered fried perch, bluegill, walleye or catfish, or cod brought in from the East Coast. The fish is served with tartar sauce, French fries or German-style potato pancakes, coleslaw, and rye bread.

Jim and Shirley Widmer once traveled 235 miles to go to a fish fry. Their journeys have led them to diners, bars, country clubs, veterans’ organizations and churches all over Wisconsin. During the course of their 13-year adventure, the Widmers experienced more than 450 unique fish fry events in Wisconsin.

Tomorrow I will be waking up to our second snowfall this week.

Hoping everyone on the Front Porch has a great weekend!

 I remember going to Friday Fish Fries with my Grandparents in the early 1950's.  They were mostly fresh lake perch. No Icelandic cod like they try to pass off as a Wisconsin Fiday fish fry. 

Good morning everyone on the Front Porch! We got 2" of snow overnight.

Found this post about Wisconsin Fish Fry's.

Link: https://www.channel3000.com/madison-magazine/city-life/9-fabulous-fish-fries-in-the-madison-area/161936741#

Good morning, Front Porchers!

Wishing everybody...........life, liberty, and the pursuit and attainment of happiness today.

Lydia

Good morning to everyone out there on the Front Porch! We are having cooler weather. But no snow in the near future weather forecast. I would like to wish our active duty military members that are away from home and families a peaceful Thanksgiving. 

30* snowing and blowing but, at least the leaves have finally come down.

No idea where they landed perhaps in the spring they’ll be mulched.

Need Caffeine enjoy

Froze

An early good morning to everyone on the Front Porch! Have a peaceful and enjoyable Holiday. It will be around 34* and no snow. 

To All Our Front Porchers,

May you all have a wonderfully joyous, peaceful, and safe Thanksgiving!

Lydia 

This was me the day after Thanksgiving.

THIS IS ME TWO DAYS AFTER THANKSGIVING

Good morning All,

The month is swiftly moving to the door and soon will be gone.  It has been a cold, wet, and mostly damp November here and I thank God for my sump pump which has had to work overtime over the past few days.  Bang, clank, bang it goes day and night long after the rains have ceased.  That doesn't bother me though.   In fact, it's when I don't hear that familiar symphony of noise that I worry and head to the basement to survey the situation. No overflows and no pools of wetness.  Hooray!

I'll be venturing out in the cold today as I need logs for the fireplace.  I need to stock up as I enjoy quiet time spent in front of a roaring fire on cold nights.   So that is the main goal on my very short to-do list. 

I hope this finds each one of our front porchers in a good place.  Hope all are content, at peace, and safe.  These are perilous times right about now.  For those of us who pray, keep praying.  For those who don't,  vibrate positivity as much as possible. And with any luck, we'll get through these days.

But as for me right now, as always....there's "c-o-f-f-e-e!"

Lydia